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One Branch at a TimeSun, 29 Mar 2015 10:00:53 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1No clues in the Death Certificatehttp://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/03/19/no-clues-in-the-death-certificate/
http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/03/19/no-clues-in-the-death-certificate/#commentsMon, 19 Mar 2012 10:00:04 +0000http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=4869One of my pet peeves is when a death certificate has unknown written for the parents. Really? You really couldn’t find out who this person’s parents were??

I had really been hoping that the death certificate of my great-great grandmother, Christina (Söderlund) Bergman would list her parents’ names. I know who her mother was, but she was born out of wedlock and her father was not listed on her birth certificate. Her mother married Jonas Söderlund about 10 years after she was born and I’m not sure if he was her real father or not. I was hoping that this might clear that up, but it didn’t. Her parents are actually listed as “unobtainable” which surprises me. She lived with her bachelor son, who is old enough to have known his grandmother (her mother). I’m not sure why at least her name isn’t listed – especially since he was listed as the informant.

She died tragically – she was hit by a car. Maybe the trauma of the event clouded his memory.

It looks like I’m going to have to do some serious digging in the Swedish parish records to solve the mystery of her birth father.

]]>http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2012/03/19/no-clues-in-the-death-certificate/feed/5Amanuensis Monday: Death Certificate of Hannah (Emmett) Cossaboonhttp://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/02/07/amanuensis-monday-death-certificate-of-hannah-emmett-cossaboon/
http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/02/07/amanuensis-monday-death-certificate-of-hannah-emmett-cossaboon/#commentsMon, 07 Feb 2011 12:00:17 +0000http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=1690Hannah Emmett Cossaboon was my husband’s 3rd great grandmother. She was born 9 August 1816 in New Jersey and died 9 November 1888 in Millville, New Jersey. Here is her death certificate, which I ordered a number of years ago. I ♥ that her mother’s name is Thankful. I don’t think that I’ve ever known anyone named Thankful.

1. Full name of deceased: Hannah Cossaboon
2. Age 70 years
3. Color white
4. married, widow
5. Birthplace: New Jersey
6. Last place of residence: Millville, NJ
7. How long resident in this State: since birth
8. Place of death: 2 st, Millville (603 S. 2nd St.)
9. Father’s name: David Amett, Country of birth: US
10. Mother’s name: Thankful Amett, Country of birth: US
11. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased during the last illness, and that she died on the ninth day of Nov 1888; and that the cause of death was malarial fever and Senile Decay

Length of sickness [blank]

Charles H. Hubbard

Residence: Millville, NJ

Name of Undertaker: Weatherby

Residence of Undertaker: Millville

Place of Burial: Mt. Pleasant

]]>http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/02/07/amanuensis-monday-death-certificate-of-hannah-emmett-cossaboon/feed/0Treasure Chest Thursday: Grandma’s High School Transcripthttp://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/01/27/treasure-chest-thursday-grandmas-high-school-transcript/
http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/01/27/treasure-chest-thursday-grandmas-high-school-transcript/#commentsThu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:57 +0000http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=1698This is my grandma’s report card/high school transcript from Ballard High School in Seattle, WA. Her maiden name was Eleanore Bergman. She went on to become a nurse.

I wonder what she would think of me posting her grades for the world to see…

]]>http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/01/27/treasure-chest-thursday-grandmas-high-school-transcript/feed/0Birth Certificate: Donald Arthur Sanchezhttp://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/11/20/birth-certificate-donald-arthur-sanchez/
http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/11/20/birth-certificate-donald-arthur-sanchez/#commentsSat, 20 Nov 2010 17:49:44 +0000http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=1012It’s always nice to get “real” mail these days. Most of what I get is junk – what a waste!

I was pleasantly surprised to have this waiting for me when I got back from the Atlanta Family History Expo.

One step closer to DAR Membership….

]]>http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/11/20/birth-certificate-donald-arthur-sanchez/feed/2Marriage Record: Theodore Sanchez & Patricia Melhushttp://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/10/31/marriage-record-theodore-sanchez-patricia-melhus/
http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2010/10/31/marriage-record-theodore-sanchez-patricia-melhus/#commentsSun, 31 Oct 2010 21:15:16 +0000http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=779Theodore Sanchez and Patricia Melhus were my great-grandparents, but I never met them. They were married in Renville county, Minnesota in 1901. I just received their marriage certificate in the mail yesterday. I had ordered it as part of my proof for my DAR lineage.
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